No. 70-8511

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON,  D. C.  20549
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                 Post-Effective Amendment No. 11
                             to the
                           Form U-1/A
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                    APPLICATION - DECLARATION
                              Under
         THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
                _________________________________
                                
                                
       System Energy Resources, Inc.  Entergy Corporation
       1340 Echelon Parkway           P.O. Box 61005
       Jackson, Mississippi 39213     New Orleans, Louisiana  70161
       Telephone:  601-368-5000       Telephone:  504-529-5262
                                      
       Entergy Arkansas, Inc.         Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
       P.O. Box 551                   639 Loyola Avenue
       Little Rock, Arkansas  72203   New Orleans, Louisiana  70113
       Telephone:  501-377-4000       Telephone:  504-576-4000
                                      
       Entergy Mississippi, Inc.      Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
       P.O. Box 1640                  639 Loyola Avenue
       Jackson, Mississippi  39205    New Orleans, Louisiana  70113
       Telephone:  601-969-2311       Telephone:  504-576-4000
                                      
     (Names of companies filing this statement and addresses
                 of principal executive offices)
               __________________________________
                                
                       ENTERGY CORPORATION
                                
             (Name of top registered holding company
             parent of each applicant or declarant)
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                         Steven C. McNeal
                         Vice President and Treasurer
                         Entergy Services, Inc.
                         639 Loyola Avenue
                         New Orleans, LA  70113
                         (504) 576-4363

             (Name and address of agent for service)
              _____________________________________
                                
         The Commission is also requested to send copies
      of communications in connection with this matter to:

                  Laurence M. Hamric, Esq.          
                  Ann G. Roy, Esq.
                  Entergy Services, Inc.
                  639 Loyola Avenue
                  New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
                  (504) 576-2095

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The Application-Declaration is amended as follows:

Item 6.  Exhibits and Financial Statements

     Section A. of Item 6 is hereby amended to include the
   following:
     
     Section A.   Exhibits
     
     I-2     Pro Forma financial statement of System Energy
             Resources, Inc., as of September 30, 1998.

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                            SIGNATURE

                                

Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused

this amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned

thereunto duly authorized.



                    ENTERGY CORPORATION
                    SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
                    ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
                    ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
                    ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
                    ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    By:  /s/ Steven C. McNeal
                        ____________________________ 
                             Steven C. McNeal
                        Vice President and Treasurer
                    



Dated:  March 17, 1999